From March to May 2024, scientists from the USGS will install baiting platforms for invasive grass carp and equipment for monitoring fish movement in pool 19 of the Upper Mississippi River. Pool 19 contains 30,466 acres of aquatic habitat, extending … Continued
A graduate student at The University of Toledo is the first researcher to find direct proof of grass carp, a type of invasive Asian carp, spawning in a Great Lakes tributary. Holly Embke collected eight grass carp eggs last summer … Continued
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have extracted DNA from fish eggs found in northern sections of the Upper Mississippi River and have determined that the eggs and larvae are not from Asian carp. Genetic analysis instead shows that the fish … Continued
A huge Grass Carp caught by James Dempsey on May 12, 2011 is officially a New Jersey state record. The huge was taken from Curlis Lake and weighed an astounding 55 lbs. 8 oz., surpassing the previous record set in … Continued
A 14-year-old Colorado resident became the newest member of state’s angling elite after landing a 51-pound grass carp while fishing at Prospect Park Lake on June 4. The mammoth carp, caught by Cody Moreland, set a new species state record … Continued